Christmas wreath

So remember a few posts ago when I was performing acupuncture on a form ring?

Well here's the end product!

I took a photo with the door inside and the outside so it was a bit clearer. Only thing is its too bulky to fit between the wooden door and the outer security door! So it'll hang somewhere else in the house, but I still like it!

Any thoughts?

Comments? 

General random thoughts?

Busy, busy, busy

Teddy bear, oh how cute are thee? I love these little pieced body parts connected with little buttons. This Christmas he'll be going to a lovely new home, I'll be sad to see him go. I loved the way the variations of the yarn changed so smoothly, it's really the first time I've had any luck with this type of wool. It's my own pattern so the head's a bit demented but the arms and legs are from this book.

My little birds from the last post went to some new homes over to some cousins in Adelaide but boys are so much harder to make things for!! There are four little boys, two above 6 and three below. 

(From left to right) I bought a pooh bear quilt block for the newest little boy, strangely enough I had never enough seen a pre-printed quilt block until today! It's a perfect size for the little guy. 

Next is a boy who likes Spider-Man, but due to a lack of licensed fabric my fantastic brother found this spider print. I loved that it had the red scattered throughout and I got the blue for backing cause it seemed to complete the Spider-Man theme. 

Then we've got two different Lorax prints for two more boys. One is a gorgeous window sort of print and the other is an A4 size print blocks. 

And lastly I was searching for Ben 10 fabric but they had just run out!!! So instead I got the basic colours for that watch thingy he wears. I have an idea of how it looks so I'm going to appliqué it on. 

Oh my gosh! I just realized I didn't even tell you what I am making!!!! 

Due to postage I vouched for something mostly flat, I decided to make different pillowcases for them. I'll show you pictures when they are done!

Looking at the beautiful wreaths from Attic24 I decided to manufacture a Christmas wreath of our own. Instead of crocheting a scarf thing to sew around the foam ring I've cut polar fleece to stitch around it. A lot of the patterns for the individual pieces have come from Attic24 tutorials, the golden swirly things were supposed to look like west australian Christmas tree flowers and look pretty good if I do say so myself. 

For these gloves I developed the pattern from a photo on pinterest. My sister has already put in a request, they are made of mitered squares. I may post the pattern but I'd like to get permission from the original source first. 

Hope your week has been just as productive in this crazy lead upto Christmas!!!!

What have you been upto? Let me know!

Go Figure!

Ever had one of those situations where you just can't figure something out? 

 If it's a techy object those of is smart enough could pull it apart and under stand it. 

 Those smarter could put actually out I back together. 

 And the smartest of the lot would have known not to pull it apart in the first place! 

Those of us in the arty-crafty road of life often come across beautiful, inspiring pieces that are slightly beyond our own limited understanding. 

 It's in these instances that a detailed pattern is useful, or photos showing the making. 

Some of us are clever enough to work out certain patterns simply by sight. 

But sometimes there are those projects that look fabulously simple, but these things are often the hardest because the more simple something seems the more perfect each individual piece must be crafted! 

In these times trial and error is the only way to go about it. 

The past two days my sister and I have been experimenting with trial and error pieces to make the gorgeous bower bird from attic24

What have you made lately? What trail and error stories do you have?

More dolls!

So many dolls, so much wool! Not really a great place to be in for summer. 

Oh how much easier my life would be if we lived somewhere cold!

These are dolls made from my own pattern I like the long, thin arm and leg design and the round faces are very versatile. 

I've been thinking about making some boy dolls as well, but I, not really sure how I'd do their hair? 

Anyways I hope you enjoy my photos!

Church lands extravaganza!!!

Hopefully you've noticed my grouping of exclamation points after the word extravaganza. It just seems that a word like that should be yelled not whispered, sort of like "roll up, roll up!" It's just expected to be exciting. 

Here is my table for today's fair. My sister and I made a stack of stuff. You may notice my little sign, unfortunately I didn't have anywhere to actually hang it so it kind of disappeared in my table cloth/sheet. 

Hello to anyone who is visiting after meeting me at the market!!! I hope you enjoyed yourself. 

Many people have pointed out to me he necessity of having a Facebook page for crafty purposes and artistic commissions. Rest assured I am looking into it. I've also realised the need for business cards and order forms!!! It's amazing the things you discover after a dry run!! 

I'm looking forward to going out and taking a stack of photos for my Etsy page. I just need to find some babies willing to pose for my little beanies!!

Here's some more photos for those of you who didn't make it. 

Preparation

This past fortnight has been all about preparing for the Churchlands Extravaganza. It's a mix of a public art exhibition and craft stalls. I, being Brightly Burst, have my very own stall for the first time! I'm so excited but have also been knitting and crocheting like made. 

Cute bits and pieces have been flying off my needles!!! My two favourites of the past week are my frog and lily pad tea cosy and the 'Wool Eater' pot holder.

Yes he is currently posing on a vegemite jar but I'm sure he'll forgive me! As long as he likes vegemite as much as I do!

The pattern for this one is Sarah Landon's Wool Eater. I used Russian joining on all my scraps and I think it turned out really nice. The thick pattern makes for a good potholder. 

I really struggled to find projects appropriate for the summer but I ended up making a lot of toys and dolls. I recently purchased Susan B. Anderson's book topsy turvy toys and was so torn between making gifts from it and actually working!!!! I have such funny conundrums!!!'

Projects! Oh my goodness!

The doll on the left is a pattern if my own, as is the dress. I need to make another one and remember to write the pattern down (I'm terrible at that!) she's a little ballerina. I painted the face and knitted the hair, I thought the two buns were cuter than just one. 

The elephant and sausage dog are from 'the big book of softies' and they are so cute.

The two dolls on the other end are still in progress but I thought I'd show you anyway. 

The two books are by Loani Prior and showcase some gorgeous tea pot cosies. I working on 'Gone Potty' its double knitted and I've struggled a bit with the colour pattern but it is the first time I've double knitted anything this complicated. 

On the right are a pair of freeform fingerless gloves I made. They were so much fun to create!

Here is a better photo of the gloves. I'm really happy how they turned out, if only it weren't coming into summer over here!